Not the best zombie-movie, but truly Disturbing

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2004)

Well, there are just so much to say about this film. When I first saw the review for the film I was skeptic, it's just another zombie movie (I don't usually find zombie-movies disturbing since I don't believe that zombie movies are logical) to watch, but I figured "Oh what the hell, might as well...". However, after watching it I find it too be one of the most disturbing films that I have ever watched, the horror doesn't come from the film itself (the blood and guts can't get any worse) but from the story.
First, I think that the filming techniques are excellent, from the angles to the shades and shadows to the emptiness (particularly the scenes in London, how did they make everyone disappear in London?), although it fails to give the visual impact to the audience as other more conventional zombie movies would. I have no comments on the acting except for the long conversations and the silence in pretty much the rest of the movie. The music is the worse that I have ever seen, the director spoiled everything by choosing the wrong music for this movie. The ending is also something that I don't understand, for the last 56 days or so there has been no signs of human civilization except for a ruined country and a few other things, but where the hell did that fighter come from (I thought the whole country was infected)? Isn't it weird that there is still a army pilot left to fly a fighter that works perfectly?
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, the horror comes from the story. The story shows the ugly side of human nature, what we can do when things come to the situation as seen in the movie. But what I find disturbing the most is Rage, the disease that pretty much destroyed human civilization within 28days and also realizing that the person next to you can turn into a zombie/psycho within seconds and you have to kill him/her in any means possible.
This film is not for those who crave to see blood and mutilation but for those who wants to watch beyond the visual horror. For me, I am still feeling quite disturbed when I go to sleep even a few days after watching the movie, never knowing what's going to come through that bedroom door...